Spoiler Alert: Spider-Man magic may have faded

2:26 PM,
May 8, 2014

A scene from 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2.'

Written by

Todd Hill
CentralOhio.com

"The Amazing Spider-Man 2," our fifth Spider-Man movie in 12 years and installment No. 2 in the second Spidey film franchise within those 12 years (got all that?), is a dud.

That's right, the movie is a failure, despite raking in nearly $100 million domestically over its opening weekend and twice that much overseas. But don't take my word for it.

Box-office analysts have noted that while the film clearly lured an abundance of people into theaters over the past weekend, its dominant performance was not as impressive as that shown by the second Spider-Man title in the first franchise back in 2004. ...